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		lclarkmichalek on June 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Will we have a negative leap second? [pdf] (2022) Doesn’t astronomy already use TAI, which has no leap seconds?

astrolx on June 3, 2024 [–]

Astronomy is a big field. In my field it is either UTC or TDB.

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